ERES AcademyPresentation to Oakland Unified School District

Board of Education & State Administrator

March 25, 2009

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Today’s Presentation / Presentación de Hoy

1. Nuestra Visión Para Nuestra Escuela

2. Historia y Grupo Fundador

3. Beneficios de Nuestra Carta Para Nuestra Comunidad

1. Our Vision for our school

2. History and Founding Group

3. Benefits of our charter to our community

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Why ERES? / Porque ERES?Our VisionERES Academy will be a safe, dynamic, and motivating place where students develop the skills, knowledge and talents to become strong, confident and college-educated leaders for their community.

Empowerment Responsibility Education Success

The name will help remind our students of their identity as a learners, as college-bound scholars, and as contributing citizens to a school community.

Nuestra VisiónAcademia ERES será un lugar seguro, dinámico, y motivador, donde los estudiantes desarrollaran sus destrezas, conocimientos y talentos, como también una educación universitaria que les permitirá ser lideres de sus comunidades; competentes y seguros de si mismos.

EmpoderamientoResponsabilidadEducaciónSuceder a

El nombre recordara a los estudiantes de su identidad como alumnos, futuros universitarios, y ciudadanos que contribuyen a la comunidad escolar.

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Key Facts / Datos Claves

Grades to be served: K-8 Size of school: ~220

students Location: 1936 Courtland

Avenue (currently the site of Dolores Huerta Learning Academy, which is closing in June)

Grados que servirá : K-8 Tamaño de escuela: ~220

estudiantes Ubicación: 1936 Avenida

Courtland (el sitio en donde presentemente esta ubicada Dolores Huerta Learning Academy, la cual cerrara en Junio)

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Our Target Student Population / Nuestra Población Objetiva

Representative of students in OUSD

Students who have historically been under-represented in college, e.g.: – low-income– primary home

language is not English

– living in communities with low college-going rates

– who would be the first in their families to attend college

Representativa de estudiantes en OUSD– Estudiantes quienes

históricamente han sido menos representadas en la universidad , por ejemplo:

– De bajos ingresos– Lenguaje primaria no es el ingles– Viven en comunidades que

tienen bajos niveles de universitarios

– Quienes serian los primeros en su familias al atender a la universidad

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Our Educational Program / Nuestro Programa Educativo

Structures to support student learning, including:

small school size and class sizes for a more personalized environment;

longer school day, longer school year, and block scheduling to create more time to learn;

opportunity for teachers and students to build relationships over time through looping

Estructuras para apoyar el aprendizaje estudiantil, incluyendo:

Escuelas y clases pequeñas, para un ambiente mas personalizado.

Un día lectivo y ano escolar mas largo, y programación en bloques, creando mas tiempo para el aprendizaje

Oportunidades para que los maestros y los estudiantes establezcan relaciones por el curso del tiempo, utilizando el método de “looping”.

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Research and reality-tested teaching strategies (in Aspire’s Instructional Guidelines)

A variety of standards-aligned curriculum materials

Consistent and frequent assessment and feedback

Support systems for students with different needs

Our Educational Program / Nuestro Programa Educativo

Estrategias pedagógicas probadas en la practica ( en la Pauta Instruccional Aspire)

Una variedad de materiales curriculares, alineadas al estándar.

Evaluaciones frecuentes y consistentes, y retroalimentación regular.

Sistemas de apoyo para estudiantes con necesidades

diferentes.

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Our Founding Group / Nuestro Grupo Fundador

Founding Families+ +

Oakland Community Organization is a group that takes

action at the grass-roots level to improve

our community

Over 60 families have helped to develop the charter and plan the

new school

Oakland Community Organización es un

grupo que toma acción a nivel local

para el mejoramiento de nuestra comunidad

Aspire Public Schools is a not-for-profit

organization that opens and operates high-performing charter

schools

Mas de 60 familias han ayudado a

desarrollar la carta y planificar la escuela

nueva.

Aspire Public Schools es una organización sin

fines de lucro que funda y opera escuelas

semiautónomas de alto rendimiento.

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Founding Families / Familias Fundadoras

Family Committees: Charter Development Public Speaking &

Advocacy Translation Campus Beautification Principal hiring Teacher hiring Enrollment / Student

recruiting Parent involvement

administration

Comités de Familia: Desarrollo de la Carta Discurso y Apoyo Traducción Embellecimiento

Escolar Contratación de

Director/a Contratación de

Maestros Inscripción/

Reclutamiento de Estudiantes

Administración de Participación de Padres

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Aspire-wide Academic Growth / Crecimiento de Rendimiento Académico en Todo Aspire

State target:17 points

Average Aspire growth

2004-08:

155points

More than

9 times the state’s

targeted growth!

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State Monarch WP Millsmont BMA Cal Prep UPS ROCS Holt RPA UCS Summit CHA Port City(1st Year)

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Aspire's API Growth - 2007 to 2008

2007

2008

Bay Area

+14 +68

+6

+42

+46

+22

+15

+9 +79

Valley LA

+19 +32-8

More than 2/3 of Aspire’s schools with official scores had higher API growth than the state overall (i.e. 14 API pts). Aspire’s average growth was twice the state’s growth on the API.

-15-6

+87

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Aspire-wide Academic Growth / Crecimiento del Rendimiento Académico en Todo Aspire

Aspire-wide, approximately 60% of our students movedout of the Far Below Basic level!

ELA Math

Percentage of FBB students in 06-07 who moved up at least 1 level in 07-08

61% 59%

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Parent Satisfaction / Satisfacción de los Padres

92%

70%

Aspire-wide

U.S.Avg

PARENT SATISFACTION% of parents who rated their Aspire school an “A” or “B” – Spring 2008

“El currículo académico es increíble. Los maestros parecen que están apasionados con su trabajo y contentos de ser parte de un programa buenísimo. El cuerpo estudiantil es pequeño. Mis hijos se sienten seguros.”“Me encanta que los estudiantes y hasta el director realmente conocen los niños y se relacionan con ellos a nivel personal.”

“The academic curriculum is wonderful.  The teachers seem passionate about their job and happy to be a part of a great program!  The student body is small. My children feel safe.”

“I really like that the teachers and even the principal get to really know the children and interact with them on a personal level.”

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For the last ten years, Aspire Public Schools has had “clean”, unqualified audits with no uncorrected audit findings.

Fiscal Responsibility /Responsabilidad Fiscal

Por los últimos diez anos, Aspire Public Schools han tenido auditorias “limpias”, sin hallazgos que no han sido corregidos.

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Timeline for ERES / Desarrollo Cronológico de ERES

Jan 2009: •OCO

introduces Aspire to families

Feb 2009:•Charter development

meetings with Aspire and families

Mid-April 2009•Finalize and sign

lease with Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana and High Street Presbyterian Church

Summer 2009•Complete

facility improvements

•Train staff Mid-August 2009:

•OPEN!

March 11, 2009:•ERES charter

petition submitted to OUSD

March 25, 2009:•Public Hearing at

OUSD

April 1-2:•Principal

interviews

End of April 2009:

•Name principal

•Confirm lead teachers

May 2009:•Finish hiring

certificated and classified staff

•Enroll students

May 2009:Chart

er decisi

on meeti

ng

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Benefits to the Oakland Community / Beneficios Para la Comunidad de Oakland

Provide another high quality education option for families in Fruitvale

Serve families who want a K-8 program Enhance the community of schools in east Oakland Mitigate enrollment problems due to the closure of

DHLA Proporcionar otra alternativa educativa de alta calidad

para familias en Fruitvale Servir familias que quieren un programa K-8 Aumentar a la comunidad de escuelas en Oakland Mitigar problemas de inscripción debidos al cierre del

DHLA

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Thank you for your partnership in

serving Oakland students!

Gracias por su apoyo y ayuda en servir los

estudiantes de Oakland!